The local bishop employed Calvin’s father as an administrator in the town’s cathedral. The father, in turn, wanted John to become a priest. Because of close ties with the bishop and his noble family, ...

Calvin is most closely associated with the city of Geneva, where he ministered for most of his life before dying in 1564. His ideas, actions and sermons contributed to the Protestant Reformation ...

Geneva played a pivotal role in the Reformation with theologians like John Calvin, William Farel and Théodore de Bèze all calling the area home during the 16th century Protestant movement. Today the ...

It is something of a truism in Reformation scholarship to refer to Huldrych Zwingli as the "forgotten" reformer or as the "third man" after Martin Luther and John Calvin. There are many reasons why ...